Wheaton, Md. – The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department, both part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), announced their January 2025 calendar of events and meetings. The public can participate in Planning Board meetings by testifying in-person, testifying virtually, over the phone, or by sending in written comments to the Planning Board on specific Planning Board agenda items to mcp-chair@mncppc-mc.org by 12 noon two business days before the Planning Board meeting. Items received after this date and time will not be included in the record. Contact us for accessibility accommodations.
The public may attend Planning Board meetings in-person, watch them live or on-demand, or listen over the phone. View individual agendas, which are usually made public 10 days prior to the start of a meeting. Consult the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) website for their agenda information. For more details, review the list of events below and visit www.montgomeryplanning.org. These events are subject to change.
January calendar of events and meetings
Montgomery Planning and Planning Board offices will be closed on Wednesday, January 1 (New Year’s Day) and Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). The Planning Board will be in recess on January 2, and weekly meetings will resume on January 9, 2025.
January 8 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.
January 9 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting. The first part of the meeting will be held at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD). Following the first half of the meeting, the Planning Board will host a public hearing for the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways at the Upcounty Regional Services Center Room A (12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD). The public hearing is in-person only and will start at 6 p.m. Sign up to testify.
January 14 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) meeting will be hybrid. The community is invited to attend in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD) or online by watching the DRC live video stream. The DRC is an inter-agency task force comprised of representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Permitting Services, Environmental Protection, and Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.
January 14 – Planners for the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan are hosting an in-person meeting for community members to review and share input on the emerging ideas for the plan’s upcoming draft preliminary recommendations (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.). The meeting will be held at Rocky Hill Middle School (22401 Brick Haven Way, Clarksburg, MD). RSVP for the meeting.
January 15 – Montgomery Planning is hosting an online-only meeting (7 to 9 p.m.) in Spanish to discuss the draft recommendations for the University Boulevard Corridor Plan with the Spanish speaking residents in the plan area. Registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting link.
January 16 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person (M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters, 2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) and online.
January 16 – Planners for the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan are hosting an online meeting for community members to review and share input on the emerging ideas for the plan’s upcoming draft preliminary recommendations (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.). Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
January 22 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.
January 23 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person (M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters, 2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) and online.
January 28 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) meeting will be hybrid. The community is invited to attend in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD) or online by watching the DRC live video stream. The DRC is an inter-agency task force comprised of representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Permitting Services, Environmental Protection, and Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.
January 30 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person (M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters, 2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) and online.